Ovarian tumors : their pathology, diagnosis, and treatment, especially by ovariotomy / by E. Randolph Peaslee.

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1873
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    CONTE^^TTS. PART I. NORMAL ANATOMY, PATHOLOGY, AND TREATMENT OF OVAEIAN TUMOES— EXCEPTING BY OVAEIOTOMY, CHAPTER 1. NORMAL ANATOMY OF THE HUMAN OVARY AND OVIDUCT. Section I,—Anatomy of the Ovary.—General Appearance, Situation, and Size of Ovary.—Minute Structure of the Ovary.—Waldeyer's Views on the Covering and Epithelium of the Ovary.— The Ovisacs or Graafian Vesicles.—Sappey on the Number of the Ovisacs.—Walls of the Ovisac.—Contents of the Ovisac.— Structure of the Ovum.—Ovulation.—Cause of the Bursting of the Ovisac.—The Parovarium (Organ of Eosenmuller).—Pflliger's Sacs.—The Canals of Miiller. Seo. II.—Development of the Ovary.—The Epithelium the Source of the Ova.— Arteries, Veins, Lymphatics, and Nerves of the Ovary. Sec. III.—The Oviducts or Fallopian Tubes.—General and Minute Structure of. —Existence of Muscular Fibre in the Kound, Ovarian, and Utero-sacral Ligaments. —Eouget's Explanation of the Clasping of the Ovary by the Fimbrias . 1-18 CHAPTER II. ovarian tumors—their classification and pathological anatomy. Section I.—Solid Ovarian Tumors.—Classification of Ovarian Tumors.—Enchon- droma, Osteoma (Ossification).—Carcinoma, Rarity and Appearance of.—Papillo- ma.—Fibroma of the Corpora Lutea.—Rokitansky's Cases.—Klob's Case,— Fibroma of the Stroma.—Appearance and Rarity of.—Question of its attaining such a Size as to demand Removal. Sec. II.—Cystic Tumors of the Ovary.—Frequency of the Development of Cysts in the Ovary.—Hydrops Vesicularum (Folliculorum).—Origin and Description.— Cystoma Ovarii.—Classification.—Microscopic Appearances of.—Struma Ovarii, Description and Rarity of.—General Structure and Contents of Ovarian Cysts.— The Peritoneal Layer.—Middle or Proper Layer.—Epithelial Lining.—The Fluid Contents.—Color.—Quantity.—Chemical Constituents.—Aggregate Amount of Secretion in Course of Years.—The Solid Contents.—The Oligocystic Cystoma Ovarii(Paucilocular, Non-adherent Cyst; Multiple Cysts).—Tlje Walls and Con- tents.—Papillae.—Frequent Occurrence.—Similarity of Appearance to Medullary Cancer.—The Polycystic Cystoma Ovarii (Multilocular Cyst; Proligerous Cyst; Compound Cyst).—Growth of Secondary and Tertiary Cysts.—Form easily mis-